| re: NJC The art and craft of...Desmond Child | |
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Leesa (gallytrotter@mchsi.com) 01:49 am UTC 08/09/07 |
| In reply to: | re: NJC The art and craft of...Desmond Child - Leesa 01:47 am UTC 08/09/07 |
Oh, I was referring of course to DESMOND writing 'If You Were a Woman' and the others mentioned, not Billy! Leesa > Oh god, don't base your opinion of Billy on 'Signs'. Aside > from his last 2 release, 'To Tell The Truth' and Happy > Blue', 'Signs' really was weak. This guy was on TOP of the > rock world in '82/'83 with 'Don't Say No' and 'Emotions in > Motions'--'Signs' (the material from it) had a lot to do > with why people suddenly wondered why!! The fast, vast > fall was sad and shocking. He never recovered from a > series of career missteps. > If 'Tale' is re-released, start there and then try DSN and > Emotions. 'Signs' is fine for a benchmark listen and > certainly from a Jim historical viewpoint, but please > reserve judgement until you've heard some other, better, > material that he's written. > I forgot he'd written 'If you were a Woman'--yeah, that > one's okay as well. I thnk he co-wrote 'Jessie James' for > Cher with Diane Warren--I just LOVE that song--again, just > alot of fun. And 'Livin la Viva' is a cute song that > definately was well crafted for the commercial use it was > intended for. I just have alot of respect for that kind of > consistant talent. He gives really good interviews as > well. > Let me know what you think of Billy's stuff--Brian May > just loved him, as did the rest of Queen--Billy opened for > them on their '81 American tour and they were on his next > lp; Brian was on 'Signs', the one after that. Brian was > set to produce 'Tale', but had other committments. Queen > set him up with Mack, their producer, to produce DSN and > Emotions. > Cheers! > Leesa > > > I don't think I've heard some of those you mentioned, but > > I too like the song "Lovers Again". Others I've liked > > would be "Save Up All Your Tears", "If You Were a Woman," > > "Shocker" and "Livin' On a Prayer". I've heard almost no > > Billy Squier stuff, but that'll change once I get the > > "Signs of Life" album. If I like that album I might check > > out more of his other stuff that you've been mentioning. > > > > | |
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